Palaearctonyx Matthew 1909 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

Parent taxon: Carnivoraformes according to F. Solé 2014

See also Flynn 1998, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Hooker 1986 and Matthew 1909

Sister taxa: Africtis, Carnivora, Dormaalocyon, Gracilocyon, Lycarion, Miacis, Neovulpavus, Paramiacis, Procynodictis, Quercygale, Uintacyon, Vassacyon, Vulpavus, Xinyuictis, Zodiocyon

Subtaxa: Palaearctonyx meadi

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Type: Palaearctonyx meadi

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Twin Buttes (Lower Bridger) (Eocene of Wyoming)

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